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ImageThe London Business School Africa Club's 13th annual AFRICA BUSINESS SUMMIT takes place on Saturday April 26th at London Business School in London

Now in its 13th year, the Africa Business Summit is firmly established as a leading forum in Europe for engaged discussion on doing business in Africa.

Each year it brings together 300 delegates with an active interest in Africa, providing an excellent opportunity to network with like-minded professionals, including alumni and students of London Business School.

‘Beyond the Hype’

This year's theme is ‘Beyond the Hype: The Not-for-Tourists Guide to Investing in Africa’. The 2014 Summit will take place against a backdrop of hot-button issues, from the infrastructure crisis which can no longer be ignored, to the acute demand for power to support growth, ensuring that growth is more inclusive, facilitating access to capital for entrepreneurs, an accelerating pace of innovation in tech and telecoms, a burgeoning middle class, a call for accountable leadership, regional integration, and achieving better health and education outcomes. Further, 2014 marks two decades of democracy in South Africa.

In keeping with the London Business School tradition of substantive thought leadership, this year’s Africa Business Summit will offer participants an understanding of how these dynamics affect entrepreneurs, companies and investors in Africa, and an opportunity to gain practical insights from those with significant experience of doing business in the region.

A Distinguished Line-up

The event features a fantastic line up of distinguished Keynote Speakers from North, South, East and West Africa, including:

  • Ben Magara – CEO, Lonmin
  • Colin Coleman – Head of Investment Banking Sub-Saharan Africa, Goldman Sachs
  • James Mwangi – CEO, Equity Bank
  • Rt Hon Justine Greening – UK MP and Secretary of State for International Development
  • Okechukwu Enelamah – CEO, African Capital Alliance
  • Sanusi Lamido Sanusi – Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
  • Souad Benbachir – CEO, CFG Group

The Summit will also feature a host of prominent panellists covering Africa from Swiss Re, GlaxoSmithKline, The Carlyle Group, M-Pesa, Maersk, Microsoft, CDC Group, KPMG, Abraaj, IBM, African Infrastructure Investment Managers, and many more. Panel topics include Private Equity, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Creative Industries, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and Leadership.

The LBS Africa Business Summit provides the ultimate networking and learning opportunity for anyone focused on investing and doing business in Africa, spread across pre-conference activities, the Saturday Summit, and a gala dinner finale introduced by popular demand

With only a limited number of tickets available, don't delay in securing your place today!

For further details and to register: www.lbsabs.org

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